WORDS AND THEIR STORIES(25) - Apple-Pie Order

WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Apple-Pie Order By Broadcast: Sunday, October 17, 2004 Now the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Today, we tell about the expression apple-pie order. It me

俚语口头禅:A tall order

【句子对照】 Financing your studies may seem like a tall order, but there is plenty of help available. 为你学习提供资金的要求太苛刻了点，不过可以给你很多帮助。 【关键俚语】 a tall order 英：difficult thing to do 中：离谱的要求

英语口语大赢家Topic73:点菜Order

丹尼尔和汤姆中午放学后到餐馆吃午餐，两个小家伙要吃虾球，好像又碰上了好玩的事情，究竟是怎么回事呢？ Listen Read Learn Daniel: Tom, we are in the restaurant now！ Waiter: May I take your order? Daniel: I'd like to see the menu, please. Waiter: OK, her

迷你对话学地道口语第45期:漫游闲逛

迷你对话： A:I didn't like my brother'sbatting aroundwithout doing anything useful. 我不喜欢我的弟弟成天游游逛逛而什么正经事情也不做。 B:Maybe he is trying to find a job. When he finds one, everything will be settled. 或许

天天练口语：Order

Waiter: Are you ready to order yet, sir? 服务生：先生，您点菜吗？ Tom: Yes, I think so. Id like to have one medium steak, and a bottle of wine. 汤姆：是的。我要一份半熟的牛排，和一瓶红酒。 Waiter: Yes, sir. Itll be a

【听英文对话做选择】棒球比赛

1. How many players are on base when Mark Sosa comes to bat? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 2. What is Mark's batting record for this game? A. a single and one strike out B. a triple and two walks C. a walk and two strikes 3. How many games has it been since he hit

蒋健棠一词多意教程(17):order

order,秩序,治安;规律。 The young teacher cannot keep order in her classroom.那位年轻教师无法维持课堂秩序。 order还有其它意思，例如命令`指示等。 He gave orders that the job be done in four days.他指示四天内完成这项工作。 order也指定货`订购的意思。 Th

英语博客：Batting practice.

Once a week, as part of his practice schedule, my son Cass has batting practice for baseball. It takes place in a sports complex called Sportsplex. The building actually used to be an ice skating rink, but has been converted into a place where you ca

数学英语 15 What Are Averages?

by Jason Marshall In the last few articles, weve talked about decimals and how theyre related to fractions through the process of division. Now, its time to turn our attention to some practical applications of these tools. Up first today were talking

美国习惯用语: Lesson 214 - IN SHORT ORDER / GET THE SHORT EN

今天我们再来给大家讲解两个以short这个字为主的习惯用语。In short order. In short order就是立即，马上的意思。许多美国孩子都不喜欢打扫房间。这也是父母

美国俚语:The order of the day什么意思?

The order of the day 意思是最重要的事，详解与例句如下。 例句： Itll take three months to repair the house. Now patience is the order of the day for us. 这个房子装修要三个月，对我们来说耐心是最重要的。 They

TED演讲：医生们会犯错误(2)

Now let's take this back into my world of medicine where I'm a lot more comfortable, 现在让我们回到我的世界，医疗领域。这个领域我比较熟悉， or perhaps a bit less comfortable after what I'm going to talk to you about. 但我接

【跟着美剧练发音】破产姐妹7

Max, look, the mailman came. Where am I looking, your chest, your hair? Give me a hint. It's here. Our eviction notice. It's amazing you can send this much shame for just 46 cents. What, you miss three out of six months and you're out? We're batting

Ireland Cricket team edge out Kenya in tense batting

MOMBASA, Kenya, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Kenya is ruing her missed chances after losing out by ten runs against visiting Ireland in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Inter-continental Cup tournament in Mombasa on Monday. The host had started well bu

学个词Learn a Word 第1596-pre-order

今天我们要学的词是 pre-order. Pre-order 预购。iPhone5问世了。The iPhone5 went on pre-order just after midnight Pacific time last Friday. iPhone5 于美国西部时间上星期五凌晨12点一过开始预售。Roughly one hour after t

Justine Siegal Makes Major League Baseball History

Justine Siegal has made history by becoming the first woman to pitch batting practice for a Major League Baseball team. Despite a case of nerves, the pony-tailed Siegal broke the gender barrier with spring training pitching stints for the Cleveland I

美国习惯用语:392 put one's house in order...

我们今天要学两个习惯用语有共同的关键词：house。大家知道house是房子。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是：put one's house in order。 Put one's house in order从字面来看是整理自己的住房，但是习惯用语

外贸常用英语:订货(Order)

到了订货这个环境，应该离成功不远了,我们与客户之间的交易快要完成了。 1. We'd like to order your products. We'll send our official order today. 我们想订你们的货，今天会寄上正式的订单。 2. Did you get

英语听力精选进阶版 6184

Stumps, Stones and Ashes 三根柱，石头和灰烬杯 When you hear the word cricket, what do you think of first? A small, chirping insect? Or a summer sport between players in white trousers and woollen jerseys who stop for a 20-minute tea break i

Stone gets restraining order against delusional intruder

BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- American actress Sharon Stone won a restraining order Thursday against the man who broke into her home earlier this month, according to media reports. The man, 38, named Bradley Gooden, was arrested inside Stone's Los